Indiana Professional Licensing Agency

The applicant to serve as preceptor shall file a new application for approval for each administrator-in-training applicant for whom the administrator desires to serve as preceptor. An application fee of $50.00 will need to be submitted with each application.

HFA Preceptor Requirements

Be a currently licensed Indiana health facility administrator;

Have attended a board approved HFA Preceptor educational program within the five (5) years prior to applying to serve as a preceptor*. The Certificate of Completion you received from this program must accompany the Preceptor application each time an application is submitted for approval;

Have active work experience as a health facility administrator for at least two (2) out of the immediate preceding three (3) years prior to the date of application;

Not have any disciplinary action taken by the Board against the Preceptor in the last two (2) years.

Conduct training in a comprehensive care facility.

Be approved by the Board prior to serving as the preceptor for an administrator-in-training.

RCA Preceptor Requirements

Be a currently licensed Indiana health facility administrator OR residential care administrator;

Have attended a board approved RCA preceptor educational program within the five (5) years prior to applying to serve as a preceptor*. The Certificate of Completion you received from this program must accompany the Preceptor application each time an application is submitted for approval;

Have active work experience as a health facility administrator or residential care administrator for at least two (2) out of the immediate preceding three (3) years prior to the date of application;

Not have any disciplinary action taken by the Board against the Preceptor in the last two (2) years.

Conduct training in a residential care facility, with at least eighty (80) hours of which to be completed in a comprehensive care facility.

Be approved by the Board prior to serving as the preceptor for an administrator-in-training.

The preceptor may not supervise more than one (1) administrator-in-training at any given time, except at the discretion of the Board. Requests will need to be made in writing to the Board.

The preceptor approval expires when the administrator-in-training applicant either completes or fails to complete the administrator-in-training program.

Two (2) credit hours of continuing education will be granted for each complete month you have served as a preceptor for an approved administrator-in-training program.